Four years ago, Taylor Swift announced plans to embark on one of her most ambitious professional undertakings to date – re-recording her albums to attain ownership of her masters.
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Amazon cruised past Wall Street estimates in the second quarter, swinging from a loss in the year-ago period to better-than-expected profits.
The financials for the period ending June 30 beat analysts’ forecasts in pretty much every category. Total revenue rose 11% to $134.4 billion, earnings came in at 65 cents a share on a diluted basis, compared with a loss of 20 cents.
Revenue in the web services division also exceeded estimates, totaling $22.1 billion.
In its earnings release, Amazon included Prime Video in its list of bullet-point highlights, noting the release of Air in theaters and then on the company’s streaming platform. The tech giant also touted its 68 Primetime Emmy nominations.
“It was another strong quarter of progress for Amazon,” CEO Andy Jassy said.
Advertising services posted a healthy 22% year-over-year gain to $10.7 billion, as the company pushed deeper into live sports and started to see traction on its free, ad-supported streaming outlet, Freevee. Jassy called out the ad results, which saw a better percentage gain than any other revenue line.
“We’re also continuing to see strong demand for our advertising services as the team keeps innovating for brands, including the ramp up for Thursday Night Football with the ability for advertisers to tailor their spots by audience and create interactive experiences for consumers,” he said. “We remain excited about what lies ahead for customers and the company.”
Exclusive Thursday night streams began in September 2022 in the first year of an 11-year deal with the NFL. While the games drew viewership levels well below those of linear TV, the audience was notably younger than that on TV and the opportunity to leverage the top-rated league gave a boost to the
Four years ago, Taylor Swift announced plans to embark on one of her most ambitious professional undertakings to date – re-recording her albums to attain ownership of her masters.
Armed police flooded a busy shopping street after a man thought to be armed with a knife was seen smashing windows and 'behaving erratically'. Police closed the road and advised residents to stay indoors following the incident in Broughton, Salford, at 4.30pm on Monday.
King Charles will reportedly hold a summit with the Prince and Princess of Wales and Camilla to outline his plans for the future of the monarchy. According to sources, central to the King's plans will be to use Kate and William's "star quality" in a bid to keep the Commonwealth together.
With sports now a “golden goose” begetting streaming progress for Apple, it would be a “no-brainer” for the tech giant to partner with or even fully acquire ESPN.
Thursday marks the 55th anniversary of an important, but little known milestone in gay history.
We kind of laughed it off last week when Snooki opened up about her years-long feud with Joy Behar… but it turns out this thing is serious! And STILL going!
Brent Lang Executive Editor Losses narrowed and revenues climbed as film hits such as “John Wick: Chapter 4” helped power Lionsgate’s quarterly earnings. It’s a time of change for the company, which is exploring separating its motion picture and television groups from its Starz streaming and pay TV business, and relaunching them as two publicly traded entities. In the near term, Lionsgate reported revenues of $909 million, a 2% increase from the $893.9 million it logged in the prior-year quarter.
Peter Debruge Chief Film Critic Nearly two decades ago, “March of the Penguins” crossed a frontier hardly any nonfiction film ever does: not just the Antarctic Circle, but the even more remote $100 million mark at the global box office. A bona fide global phenomenon, Luc Jacquet wondrous nature doc — and its adorable, relatable emperor penguin stars — got audiences from practically every continent to turn their attention to the South Pole and the super-adorable, surprisingly relatable emperor penguins its director found there.
Endeavor Group Holdings conceded its representation business took a hit from the WGA strike in the second quarter, but the company reported overall results ahead of Wall Street expectations.
Mixing work and romance is risky business.
Coronation Street fans praised the show for its return to 'proper Corrie humour' in scenes that left some "crying with laughter". With the future of the famous Rovers Return at stake, Monday night's episode opened with Jenny and Daisy planning an event to impress the Newtons from the brewery.
One Coronation Street legend is reportedly set to return to the cobbles three years after quitting. Lucy Fallon, who played Bethany Platt in the ITV soap, is said to be returning to the show "after Christmas." Lucy, 27, will start filming in the coming months ahead of her on-screen return later in the year, according to The Sun. She left Weatherfield in 2020 after five years when Bethany took a magazine internship in London.
Coronation Street star George Banks has revealed what Henry Newton's real intentions are as he was seen back in Weatherfield for the first time in five years. He was last seen on the cobbles in 2018 and appeared again in Friday's episode of the ITV soap (August 4).
Todd Spangler NY Digital Editor Amazon CEO Andy Jassy enthused about the potential of generative AI technology to cut costs and create brand-new user experiences — saying every team in the company is working on multiple projects in the area, including in its entertainment business. On the tech giant’s second-quarter earnings call Thursday, Jassy said, “Inside Amazon, every one of our teams is working on building generative AI applications that reinvent and enhance their customers’ experience.” That includes multiple projects in its entertainment business, AWS, its advertising business and in Amazon’s devices business: “You can just imagine what we’re working on with respect to Alexa there.” Generative AI refers to a type of artificial-intelligence technology that can create new text, images, videos or synthetic data based on massive data sets.
Once an iconic staple of 90’s teatime telly, Neighbours star Scott Michaelson was the subject of many teen girls dreams when he starred in the Aussie soap as surfer hunk Brad Willis. Delighting audiences between 1991 and 1993, the talented star became a household name with his trademark blonde locks and skills on a surfboard, yet despite his skyrocketing success, Scott decided too swap the bright lights of a soap career for a far more private vocation away from the cameras and the limelight.
This story has, unfortunately, only gotten worse… Back in January we reported on the sho
Lil’ Kim’s memoir is about to burst into the world.
Stephen Reid will be forced to face his recent past in Coronation Street next week. It's been months since the broke businessman took his first victim as they got close to discovering his money woes and plans to get cash after arriving back in Weatherfield from Milan where his relationship and career were in tatters.
It’s story time, y’all…
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